Which two processes are at equilibrium in a saturated sugar solution?
ionization and recombination
evaporation and condensation
decomposition and synthesis
dissolution and crystallization
What do you think? At equilibrium, you have crystals dissolving and cyrstals forming/
dissolving an crystallization
To determine which two processes are at equilibrium in a saturated sugar solution, we need to understand the processes involved in creating a saturated solution.
In a saturated sugar solution, the sugar is fully dissolved in the solvent, typically water. Two processes that occur in creating a saturated solution are dissolution and crystallization.
Dissolution refers to the process of solute particles (in this case, sugar molecules) getting surrounded by solvent particles (water molecules) and dispersing throughout the solvent. This occurs when sugar is added to water, and the sugar molecules break apart and mix with the water molecules.
Crystallization, on the other hand, is the process by which the dissolved solute particles come together again to form a solid crystal structure. In the case of a saturated sugar solution, excess sugar molecules cannot dissolve anymore, and they start to come together and form sugar crystals.
Therefore, the two processes at equilibrium in a saturated sugar solution are dissolution and crystallization. At equilibrium, the rate of sugar molecules dissolving in water is equal to the rate of sugar crystals forming.